Myanmar collaborates with Thai experts to reduce carbon emissions from agricultural farms

The Agriculture Department stated that the department is cooperating with agricultural experts from Thailand in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from farmlands.
Departmental officials of Myanmar and Thai agriculturists are providing knowledge to farmers in villages in Bago Region (East) through the Zero-Burn Zero-Waste programme.
Farmers used to burn the residues in clearing the weeds and bushes in the agricultural farms.
As Myanmar relies on agricultural sector, it needs to educate the people not to burn the remaining plants and crops after harvesting, and to reuse what is left in the plantation.
“We are educating farmers in Myanmar, as an agricultural country, not to burn the remaining plants and crops after harvesting and to reuse what is left in the plantation. The educational activity will be conducted in 13 locations,” an agricultural expert from Thailand, Mr Worasit Sittivchai, said.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation is arranging plans to fully control carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 in Myanmar.
The awareness activities of the Zero-Burn, Zero-Waste programme will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and air pollution, increase crop yields, and create land for long-term cultivation. — TWA/CT